PLUGGED

blocked, plugged

(adjective) completely obstructed or closed off; “the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges”; “the drain was plugged”

plugged

(adjective) (of a coin) altered by the insertion of a plug of base metal

PLUG

plug

(verb) insert as a plug; “She plugged a cork in the wine bottle”

plug

(verb) insert a plug into; “plug the wall”

plug

(verb) replace the center of a coin with a baser metal; “plug a nickle”

plug, plug away

(verb) persist in working hard; “Students must plug away at this problem”

plug

(verb) make a plug for; praise the qualities or in order to sell or promote

punch, plug

(verb) deliver a quick blow to; “he punched me in the stomach”

plug, stop up, secure

(verb) fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug; “plug the hole”; “stop up the leak”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

plugged

simple past tense and past participle of plug

Anagrams

• puggled

Source: Wiktionary


PLUG

Plug, n. Etym: [Akin to D. plug, G. pflock, Dan. plök, plug, Sw. plugg; cf. W. ploc.]

1. Any piece of wood, metal, or other substance used to stop or fill a hole; a stopple.

2. A flat oblong cake of pressed tobacco. [U. S.]

3. A high, tapering silk hat. [Slang, U.S.]

4. A worthless horse. [Slang, U.S.]

5. (Building)

Definition: A block of wood let into a wall, to afford a hold for nails. Fire plug, a street hydrant to which hose may be attached. [U. S.] -- Hawse plug (Naut.), a plug to stop a hawse hole.

– Plug and feather. (Stone Working) See Feather, n., 7.

– Plug centerbit, a centerbit ending in a small cylinder instead of a point, so as to follow and enlarge a hole previously made, or to form a counterbore around it.

– Plug rod (Steam Eng.) , a rod attached to the beam for working the valves, as in the Cornish engine.

– Plug valve (Mech.), a tapering valve, which turns in a case like the plug of a faucet.

Plug, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Plugging.]

Definition: To stop with a plug; to make tight by stopping a hole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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